Tripp York

Russell Means: The Great Mystery Continues (we hope)

Sorry I’m a bit late on this news. Between Coulter’s ongoing hate ‘not-so-nice’ speech, the non-stop insanity of all politicians and their sycophants, as well trying to teach college students how to read . . . well . . . some things are bound to fall through the cracks. On that point, many apologies for my […]

Tripp York

And The American Jesus Endorses . . .

I feel like a drumroll should have followed that title. Eh, it would have been anti-cimatic. Just a quick note: you should definitely check out The American Jesus. Like, right now. My good friend and comrade-not-in-arms, Zack Hunt, is running a week long segment on 1) why Christians should vote for Stein, 2) why they […]

Tripp York

Ann Coulter (Just in time for Halloween)

You know, The Monster Mash! Okay, sorry. I won’t bother with my usual attempts at scatological satire. I really, really wanted to, but it all seemed so contrived (and too easy). So, let’s go with this assertion instead: There are good people in this world, there are bad people in this world, and then there […]

M. Leary

David Lynch and the Nuclear Family

It is tough to say much more about David Lynch’s Fire Walk With Me than what is covered in the recent review/digest by Alex Pappademas over at Grantland. This lengthy list of the surreal contours of Laura Palmer’s backstory is perhaps a model of efficiency for Lynch criticism, as it captures the sense of assemblage […]

Jeffrey Overstreet

Filmwell's Book of Filmmaker Wisdom, Excerpt 17: Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg in an interview about making Lincoln: “I require fear in order to run towards something. Fear never makes me run away from anything but the more scared I am, the more frightened I am I have to run into what’s scaring me to try to figure out what it is because it has […]

Megan J. Robinson

The Other Side of Normal

“Fearlessness is better than a faint heart for any man who puts his nose out of doors. The length of my life and the day of my death were fated long ago.”1—I read these lines in the Norse epic poem For Skirnis as a child and have remembered them often since. I steeped myself in […]

Jeffrey Overstreet

The Master (Anderson, 2012)

Here, again, is Andrew Welch with his second turn as a Filmwell guest contributor. Andrew Welch lives in Denton, TX, and has written for Books & Culture, Relevant, and Art House Dallas. You can follow him at his blog, Adventures in Cinema, and on Twitter. • Let me tell you about Charles. Charles was a stout man with […]

Tripp York

Billy Graham Claims Mormons will be in Heaven

Well, not quite. But it is kind of ironic that a man who has spent his whole life telling everyone how Jesus is the “only way” endorses a non-Christian for President. How progressive! And how strange. On Billy Graham’s website, he provides a definition of a cult that fits, quite adequately, the Mormons (I was just […]